Line #7 TearJerker/Blink182


1	[[Music/{{Blink182}} This pop-punk band]] [[TearJerker has some very moving songs]].
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3	* "Adam's Song", framed as a young boy's [[GoodbyeCruelWorld suicide note]], is one of their heaviest songs, though thankfully it has a happy ending as the boy chooses not to go through with it.
4	-->''Please tell Mom this is not her fault.''
5	* "Stay Together For The Kids" is also fairly sad, since it centers around a kid living with parents who argue a lot and are only together because they don't want their child to grow up in a broken home. It does NOT help the song was actually written by Tom [=DeLonge=] about his experiences with it, seeing how his parents ended up divorced when he was a teenager.
6	** Arguably made worse in 2019 when, years after the song's release, it was announced that Tom and his wife Jennifer would file for divorce. While both of their kids are old enough to handle the stress that a divorce would bring about on a family, it still can't help but feel like an eerie case of [[HistoryRepeats history repeating itself]].
7	* "Man Overboard" is particularly sad. If that song really is about original drummer Scott Raynor (which he seems to know it is), it marks the day when Blink officially forgot about Scott.
8	* "What Went Wrong" is also particularly sad, as it seemed to have been made for the Blink break-up -- and was completely depressing for that reason. Then the reunion came...
9	* "Not Now", as well.
10	* "What's My Age Again" is surprisingly melancholic - it's telling the story of someone whose immaturity is no longer funny or interesting, just irritating, and ends up underlining how pathetic holding onto youth looks like past a certain point. The opening arpeggios even sound kind of heartbroken.
11	* During a Connecticut show on the Reunion Tour, the band learned Travis's close friend (as well as a survivor of the plane crash Travis was on) Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein passed away from a drug overdose. The band were ''seriously'' broken while playing on stage, Mark even asking the audience for a moment of silence while speaking about the incident. While playing 'Down', you can tell even Tom was at the verge of tears. "Ghost on the Dancefloor" was written in his honor.
12	* Most of the album ''Neighborhoods'', due to all the references to death and such.
13	** Natives: Really more bittersweet than anything, "I am too nervous to run, like kids who scatter and hide, to reach and grab for someone, but end up buried alive, a world is waiting for me, a road that I rarely use, I start to feel my feet, and kick down walls as they move"
14	* "I Miss You." One of the biggest contenders and the band's most known song (besides [[SignatureSong "All The Small Things"]]). Considering their marriage didn't last long, the references to Travis and Shanna's wedding and especially the ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', which was their favorite movie, it's also HarsherInHindsight.
15	* ''I'm Lost Without You''. Makes it worse for early fans when the band broke up in 2005...
16	* On the June 23, 2021, Mark Hoppus announced on social media that he has been [[https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/1407822798190383109 diagnosed]] with cancer and has been going through chemotherapy for the last three months. Many fans and friends showed their support for Mark following his announcement, including Tom wishing his support and love.
17	** Becomes HeartwarminginHindsight and Awesome when Mark announced he was cancer free in September of that year.
18	* "One More Time..." is an instant tearjerker. A song about regret and forgiveness with Mark and Tom singing to each other, laying all of their previous strife bare for everyone to see.
19	-->''Do I have to die to hear you miss me?''

Context TearJerker / Blink182